diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 0ffbd97fb74f..b5673194870a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -1209,7 +1209,7 @@ int cmd_stat(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
 	 * let the spreadsheet do the pretty-printing
 	 */
 	if (csv_output) {
-		/* User explicitely passed -B? */
+		/* User explicitly passed -B? */
 		if (big_num_opt == 1) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "-B option not supported with -x\n");
 			usage_with_options(stat_usage, options);